IRAQ: See my report in the latest issue of WORLD Magazine from the Mosul area on the grisly liberation of long-held areas from ISIS—explosives labs, buried IEDs, tunnels, and block upon block of destruction remain, but a few brave U.S.-led humanitarian relief organizations also are pressing into the front lines.

Jakarta Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly called Ahok, narrowly won the first round of the most heated gubernatorial election in Indonesia despite being on trial for blasphemy. Two Muslims ran against him for the seat.

After riots and violence against religious minorities in 2016, Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization admitted the country has a religious intolerance crisis.

SYRIA: The country’s largest city is about to be fully retaken by government forces—my summary here. Overnight, a temporary cease-fire to allow civilians left in eastern Aleppo to escape bombardments collapsed, apparently blocked by Iran even as buses were waiting to take residents to safety.

JAPAN attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor 75 years ago today. After leading the attack, Japanese flight commander Mitsuo Fuchida was led to Christ.

U.S. Navy seaman Robert Coles, now 92, traveled 5,000 miles and was among about 100 American survivors to make the trek back to the USS Arizona, his first visit since 1941.

At least 200,000 people turned out Friday for another round of protests in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, against the Christian governor’s allegedly blasphemous remarks.